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Rally Ireland 2009 counts for:
2009 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2009 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2009 FIA Junior World Rally Championship (for drivers)
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| 455th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 1 of 12 |
| Official name: | Rally Ireland |
| Edition: | 4th |
| Date: | from Friday 30-Jan-2009 to Sunday 1-Feb-2009 |
| Rally HQ: | Sligo, Connacht; Ireland |
| Clerk of the Course: | Gordon Noble |
| Surface: | Tarmac |
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| Entries: | 43 | |
| Starters: | 36 | |
| Finishers: | 28 | (77.8% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 19 | |
| Shortest: | 1.50 | km | (SS19 Donegal Town) |
| Longest: | 27.76 | km | (SS12 Sloughan Glen 2) |
| Slowest: | 79.30 | km/h | (SS19 Donegal Town) |
| Fastest: | 125.67 | km/h | (SS17 Lough Gill) |
| Planned stage distance: | 349.65 | km | (25.9% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 310.18 | km | (23.0% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,039.24 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,349.42 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 48th win and 74th podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Second place was 18th podium for Daniel Sordo Castillo. |
| Third place was 31st podium for Mikko Hirvonen. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 54th win and 1-2 win were 122nd to 123rd podiums for Citroen. |
| | Third place was 254th podium for Ford. |
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Loeb took it carefully where conditions were difficult (this doesn't look like scene from a tarmac rally) and went faster on better sections.
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Chris Atkinson drove the plain red Junior Team Citroen C4 - without any advertisements on it - to a fifth overall. A great result after spins and offs he experienced.
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In the difficult conditions of the first day, Aava jumped into the lead - which he later lost after a half-spin into a shallow ditch.
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Related links
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Wales Rally GB 2008
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Norway 2009
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